The Hunters and their Prey || A Vhope story

Feel So cold

Listen to this song while reading this chapter..it will help you to get in the mood. And I am apologizing beforehand if this chapter is not much satisfactory for you, because I haven't tried writing emotional stories and lacks a lot in it. However, I have tried my best to make it as good as possible.

The creaking sound of the door felt so loud for Hope. He dragged himself into his room and lifted his head to look around...everything was familiar for his eyes, but somehow, all of them felt unfamiliar at that point. The warmth he used to feel when stepping into his home was long gone...there was only a numbing cold inside that room now. A cold which has slowly started to creep inside his heart. He dropped his bag near the doorstep and moved towards the wall near his bed. It was filled with photographs that captured all of the good memories he had in his life. Strangely Mark was smiling at him through most of the photos, reminding him off all those happiness he shared with his dear hyung.

 Hope moved his hands to touch those photos as an attempt to remind himself that all of these were real, that these all were not just a dream. Them during the inauguration of Mark's studio, them watching a movie, them eating near the Han river, them on Mark's bike, them on the day of Hope's graduation, them eating together in their favourite food stalls....all memories rushed into his head like a storm.

 Before he could stop, tears were finding their path once again on his face. He wanted to scream...scream until he loses his voice....why..why him...why does God have to take the one family he had..why...It hurts so much..pls..somebody pls help me..please make this stop...I can't...I can't take it...no..no....mark, please..I want you..you can't leave like this...you can't leave me here alone...I can't take it hyung...I don't want to be alone...pls come back..you promised me...you promised me that you will stay...it hurts mark..it hurts..so much...The pain was too much for that boy..soon, the tears covered the sheets...the sobs filled the room. The boy who always smiled and beamed like sunshine was no longer there...it looked like that smile will never be able to find its way back to his face. 

Maybe God was feeling kind after seeing the pain in that child, and luckily his landline rang at that time. Hope picked up it fastily like it was the last straw upon which he can hold on now..hoping to hear any of his friend's voice.

"Hello...Hope, is that you? why aren't you picking your phone. I called a lot...are you ok? did anything happen?"

"Jackson..............i....."

"Hope..are you crying? what happened. please can you hear me..did anyone hurt you..please say something."

"I.... ca...can't......... it....it hu..hurts...so...mu..much..."

"what happened..wait I am coming home..just hold on a little more."

Jackson didn't have any idea how he managed to reach Hope's house within ten minutes without killing himself. He pressed the password and opened the doors with shaking fingers. The sight he saw in front of him broke his heart. The boy who always kept a warm smile on his face is sitting in the floor hugging himself with a messed up hair and tear filled face..still holding onto the phone..sobbing uncontrollably..shaking hard...

"Hope....." Jackson called softly, fearing that even his voice could shake that kid. Hope raised his head and looked at Jackson...the pain in his eyes was too much for anyone to bear. He ran towards Hope and pulled him into his arms.

"Jackson.....i .....I couldn't..sa..save him..I couldn't."

"save whom Hope..pls tell me what happened.."

"Mark....Mark..They killed him......in..in front ...of me......"

"WHAT!!!!!"

It took an hour for Jackson to calm Hope down and understand what happened. He couldn't believe it at first, how can he..he just saw mark few hours ago before leaving the studio, smiling happily at the students. How could he die like this..Even Jackson was shedding tears silently now. Mark was everyone's beloved. How could he die..this can't be true..Jackson couldn't believe what happened..more like he didn't want to believe. He looked at Hope, who seemed to calm down a bit..but the tears were still there...poor thing, what could have been his state if those murderers found him. Jackson tightened his hold on Hope, pulling him more closer...